Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Filevine is a Legal AI company providing a unified platform for legal data, documents, workflows, and teams. The company is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead a small team in building and innovating on web application features using Svelte/SvelteKit, while collaborating cross-functionally from concept through release.
Responsibilities
- Work and Lead a small team that owns, builds, and innovates on major new and existing product features
- Coordinate with team management and quality assurance personnel on releases of new features
- 100% remote work within the United States
- Familiarity with frontend testing tools (Playwright, Jest, Vitest, Cypress, or similar) and a habit of writing tests alongside features
- Working knowledge of Git and modern software development workflows: code review, CI/CD, branching, and Agile/Kanban delivery
- Demonstrated attention to UI/UX quality, accessibility (WCAG basics), and frontend performance
- Ability to work remotely and independently within the United States, and to collaborate effectively with non-technical stakeholders
- Willingness to learn our users' challenges and understand how your work directly affects them
Skills
- **7+ years of professional frontend development experience** building production web applications
- Hands-on production experience with **Svelte** (or SvelteKit), including building reusable components and managing component state and reactivity
- Working proficiency in **React, Vue** — enough to read, maintain, debug, and extend existing code in both frameworks. You won't need to be an expert in either, but you should be comfortable navigating both codebases
- Strong fundamentals in modern JavaScript (**ES2020+**); comfort with **TypeScript** or willingness to ramp up quickly
- Solid HTML, CSS, and responsive design skills — including familiarity with modern layout techniques (Flexbox, Grid) and CSS preprocessors or utility frameworks
- Experience consuming and integrating with **REST** or **GraphQL** APIs, including handling async state, errors, and edge cases gracefully
- Familiarity with frontend testing tools (Playwright, Jest, Vitest, Cypress, or similar) and a habit of writing tests alongside features
- Working knowledge of Git and modern software development workflows: code review, CI/CD, branching, and Agile/Kanban delivery
- Demonstrated attention to UI/UX quality, accessibility (WCAG basics), and frontend performance
- Ability to work remotely and independently within the United States, and to collaborate effectively with non-technical stakeholders
- Willingness to learn our users' challenges and understand how your work directly affects them
- B.S. in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- **C# / .NET experience**, or familiarity with reading and integrating against a .NET-based application backend
- **Backend development experience** — building and maintaining APIs, services, or database-backed business logic alongside frontend work
- Experience with component libraries, design systems, or building shared UI infrastructure used by multiple teams
- Familiarity with state management patterns at scale (Svelte stores, Redux, Zustand, React Query, Context patterns)
- Exposure to cloud-hosted environments (AWS) and deployment tooling (Octopus, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar)
- Familiarity with the legal tech domain or other workflow-heavy SaaS products
- Interest in AI-assisted UX patterns and integrating LLM-powered features into the frontend
Benefits
- Stock options
- A paid time off policy
- A comprehensive benefits package
- Remote work or the option to be hybrid/in-office in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, or Salt Lake City
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
- Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
- Short- and long-term disability
- Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
- Top-of-the-line company swag
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